“I’m not talking about their fans, but people talk about the amount of money the Glazers have taken out of Manchester United, whereas Mansour has put a billion in Man City, Abramovich has put a billion in Chelsea and the Qataris have put whatever they have put into PSG.

“But United have built themselves out of their own turnover, which makes them a far more organic club than these other clubs.

“I think there’s something important about that.

“There’s something ugly about PSG, there’s something ugly about the Galacticos at Real Madrid, while there is something beautiful about Barcelona and the way they played and the way they built.

“Man United don’t need the Glazers’ money to go and buy £70m players, but Chelsea and Man City do need this artificial stimulation of somebody saying to them, ‘today’s your lucky day, I’m going to fire a cannon of cash at you’.”

GETTY

Man Utd news: Jose Mourinho is under pressure at Old Trafford(Pic: GETTY)Related Articles